My computer has become real slow! What are some things I should check, and do, to make it faster?

Question

It's a laptop.

Answer 1

If not virus,there may have some regsitry errors in your PC to cause "Computer slow".You need to clean you PC.
Every time you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the registry.You need to scan and clean your PC with registry cleaner.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your PC and Internet performance dramatically.It even can speed up your PC by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of registry cleaners.
http://www.registry-cleaners.info

You can download and scan your PC for free.

Answer 2

You can do a Disk Cleanup, then Defrag
If your running Norton, it's probably the sole problem!!!!

For maintenance you should disk cleanup and then defrag....
Start/Programs/System Tools and they're both there.

If it's still slow - you can try run disk cleanup again, but check on the tab for options. There you'll find, "delete all but last restore point". Be careful though - make sure you can boot - because it will delete all of your restores BUT the last one.... so you only have one place to restore from.....it frees up a lot of space though.

Answer 3

1. Check for viruses.
2. Uninstall unused program.
3. Defragment your hard drive.
4. Live your life twice as slow.

Answer 4

Get Free Windows Registry Repair, ToniArts Easy Cleaner and Advanced Windows Cleaner. They are all free and very useful.

Answer 5

Disk defragmenter
Disk Clean-up
Check for spy-ware
check for viruses

Answer 6

defrag, check for errors, check disk space, erase unused files or burn to disk.

Answer 7

1)http://mypchelp.blogspot.com/2006/10/pc-running-slow.html
2)http://bestofrest.blogspot.com/2007/02/advanced-windowscare-personal.html